Cigarette-tipping machine.



` PATENTED DEC. 1C, 1907.

A. L. BCUCHEE. CIGARETTE TIPEINC MACHINE. APPLIOATION-IILED 00T. l5, 1906.

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A. L. BOUCHER. CIGHAREI"J.`E TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 0OT.15, 1906 6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNIE? EATENTED DEG. 1o, 1907.

E. L. EOUGEEE. CIGARETTE TIEPING MACHINE.'

APPLIOATIUN FILED 00T.l5. 1906.

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PATENTED DEG. 10,1907. A. L. BOUCHER. CIGARETTE TIPEING-MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.15| 1906.

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PATENI'ED DEG. l0, 1907.

A. L BOUCHER. CIGARETTE TIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.15, 1906.

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WIM/@5000 wm j@ No.'873,0l4. PATENTBD DEC. l0, 1907.

A. L. ECUCHEE. CIGARETTE TIEEINC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT.15, 1906.

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Alt'lllltt L. BOUCHER, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNQR TO NEW YORKOIGARETTE MACHINE COMPANY, 0F N EW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE-TIPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907'.

T o all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that l, ARTHUR L. BOUCHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident f the city of New York, borough oi Brook- 3 lyn, county of Kings, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in (.Tigarettee'lipping Machines,

,f Which' the following is a specification. 'y My present invention is an improvement \on the machine illustrated and claimed in my patent, dated the 18th day of September,

1906, and numbered 831,034; and many cit thel parts used in this machine are similar to the machine illustrated in that patent.

The object '.of my present machine is to apply a cork tip to a cigarette rod after it has been formed in the cigarette machine and bcfore the rod is cut, so that l thereby secure many advantages over a machine which applies vthe cork tip to the paper strip before it is made into a cigarette rod.

For the purpose of securin the best results, the tipping machine is p aced between the cigarette iormer and the cutting knives,

so that there will be no interference with the Working Iof the cigarette machine roper,

. since the ciglarette rod is not disturbs or distorted by a y act-ionof the tipping machine. There' are many advantages derived from 3c machines which apply the cork tip to the rod, in preference to the paper before the rod is formed. The articular reasons are, that in securinga corlil tip to the aper the adhesive is not perfectly dried before it reaches the former, and when the tip is applied be- Yfore the paper enters the same, it is very apt to slip upom the paper and interfere with lts position upon t e finished product. Secondlyfthe action of the aper in the former 40 is not so liable to be inter ered with when the tip is applied after leavin the former. Be

sides the reasons stated, t e machine is more perfect in its application of the tip, and is somewhat simpli ed yin construction.

The machine is adapted to apply the tips to the rod, transversely thereof, from a continuous band consisting, preferably, of a piece of cork suiiciently wide to form two tips on two cigarettes,so that the cutting knife will sever the tip' thus applied, in the middle, and tw'o cigarettes will thusv be formed without any inaccuracy.

The tipping machine proper is adapted to reciprocate back and forth 1n the direction of Ithe cigarette rod substantlally the length of against the rod and pasted thereto.

two cigarettes, so that asthe same is following the rod that distance, it is at the same time applying the cork tip for two cigarettes. In this way tll tipping machine only travels back and forth one-hali` as many times as would be necesssary if one cigarette only was tipped by each action, which is a material advantage, aside from the matter of accuracy.

In the construction of the machine, l provide the operating parts upon a movable plate, which travels on a bed, and is actuated by a wheel which carries a pin revolving in the arc of a circle; this pin and the parts of the machine are so arranged that the plate carrying the movable arts will be caused 'to 7c reciprocate on the be in a longitudinal direction, while the cam block which operates the various other parts, moves in a vertical direction, caused by the action of the pin on therevolvin Wheel, the cam block being the member wit which the pin on the wheel directly engages. By reason of the horizontal movement of the parts on the bed and the vertical movement of the pin in the cam block, the machine is able to res ond to the movement of the pin on the whee The machine artially adfusts the cork tip to therod, pr erably un erneath the rod then passes through the curving thimbles which are arranged in alternate ositions, so S5 that as the rod enters the irst t imble, one

of the Jfree ends of the tip is brought dprvlfln e rod then asses on and enters the second thimble W ich is curved reversely to the first one'and the other free end of the tip will be brought down so as to slightly overlap the first one., The rod passes on until it reaches the cutting knives Which'severs it in the middle of the tip. 95

In the figures forming part of this application F ig nre 1 -is a perspective view of a cigarette machine with my improvements attached thereto. F ig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. sectional view showing the application of the tip to the rod. Fig. 5 is an end elevation taken in a similar direction to Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the knives and block as it first applies the cork tip to the I- rod. Fi". 7 1s a perspective view 4of the block. `ig. 8 is an elevation showing the I ratchet arrangement by which the paste v'heel is operated. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a number of the parts shown in Fig.

Fig. ,4 isaJ` 100 6. Fig. is an end elevation of the stirrup feeding device which feeds the cork strip to j forme the machine. spective views of the thimbles which finally secure the cork tip in place. Fig. 14 is' an elevation showing the tip as it is applied. Figs. 15 and'16 are plan views showing the action of the tip as it passes 'through the thimbles,` and Fig. 17 is an end elevation showing the sameaction, the rod being shown in section. Fig. 1,8 is a side elevation of a forming mechanism of a cigarette machine. Fig. 19 is a plan view of Fig. 18, and Fig. 20 is a side elevation with parts broken away to show the interior. I

My improvements are adapted for use in'a cigarette machine in which a cigarette rod is formed and then moved in the direction of its length, and for that reason I have illustrated a conventional formof forming mechamsm. l

By referring to Figs. 18 to 20 inclusive, it

will be seen that the forming mechanismY consists of the following :--A whcel97 is journaled to a portion of the frameof the machine, and likewise a pulley 98 is journaled yin alinement with the rst pulley 97, and a continuous belt 99 engages over the two pulleys a'hd is kept in proper tension by tension pulleys 100 and 101. The belt 99 passes over plate 1m of the machine and is adapted tocarry on its upper surface the strip ofpaper 103 from which the cigarette rod is to be made. A hopper 104 feeds the tobacco upon the paper strip 103, as it is passing through a chamber 105, 'and' the tobacco in assing under rollers 106 .and 107i is proper y distributed on the paper strip and the aper and tobacco are then passed througfi the former which consists of folding plate 108 which brings theedges of the paper over so that they overlap, and means are applied through the apertured plate 109 which causes the adhesive that has been applied to the paiper to properly seam the rod as it is In Fig. 18 there is illustrated va pulley 110 which is also journaled to the frame of the machine. Belt 111 passes over this pulley and engages witha series of smaller. pulleys 112 to 117 inclusive, sothat the belt will pass through the casing 118' toward the rod as it is formed and above which the belt engages fior the purpose of moving the rod longitudinallyLf The continuous action of the belts 99 and 111 exert a continuous traveling motion to the cigarette rod as it passes through the former, and after passing through the atter,

my improved mechanism, as will appear ereafter.

The tipping feature of the machine consists, primarily, of a bed 1, which 1n this case is a part of the cigarette'machme. This bed serves as a support for the various parts of the tipping machine on which the greater Figs. 11,12, and .13, are per- The movable parts of the tipping machine A .are supported upon, and are carried by bed plates 2 and 3, which are bolted together, and rest upon the plate 4, in such manner that it ,'Will have a free longitudinal movement thereon.y Extending vertically from a stationary plate 4 secured to the bed, are vertical supports 5 which support the hub 6, in which is journaled the shaft 7; this shaft on its end carries a bevel gear 8 which meshes with another gear 9 on a lvertical shaft 10. y

The latter is connected, as will be seen in Fig. 3, with the main driving shaft 11 of the cigarette machine, so that power 1s transmitted to the shaft 7 and to the vertical Wheel 12, which is secured to the shaft 7 on the opposite side of the hub 6 tothat ofthe gear. The wheel -12 carries on its front face a pin 13 Whichtravels in a certain arc, for the purposes which will appearhereafter. The horizontal-block 14 is preferably secured to the hub 6 and support 5, by means of a bracket 1'5 which partly surrounds the Wheel 12. This block is stationaryand serves as a guide forv the movable parts of the machine. Extending upwardly lfrom the bed plate 3 is a vertical support 16, which has laterally projecting arms 17 and also aplate 18 at the' rear thereof which engages with the stationary block 14 by a miterconnection 14LL so that the plate 18 may move' longitudinally of the.. direction of. the entire machine. and

without having vertical movement thereon. v

There is also secured in the plate 18 by another miter lconnection 18a, only vertically arranged, a cam block 19, which has vertical movement with relation to plate 18., and is carried by .it when it reciprocates longitudinally. A space is provided in the block 14 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as to allow for the longitudinal'movement of the cam block 19. Thiscam block 19 is provided with a groove 20 which is vertical, and

which turns off at an angle 21. The purpose of this groove is to engage a pintle 22 which is secured tov a lever 23 by a bxolt 2-1 in a slot 25, which is fulcrumed on the bracket 17 by a pin 26,l and extending forward at an angle from the lever 23 is a second lever 27 which moves with the latter, and is preferably made an integral part thereof, tliehwo forming a bell crank. The latter .has fulcrumed to its end, upwardly proj ect-ing arms which carry the block 29 adapted for primarily securing the cork tipy to the cigarette rod.

The movement of the lever 23 is caused by the vertical vacf'm of the cam block 19 ywhich transmits itsl :action through the grooves 20 and 21 and pintle 22, and thus through the lever 27 and arms 28 to the block 29, so that the latter will move in avertical direction# and for thepurpose of guidmg the block 29,

I provide vertical extensions 30, which move 'Taranta positioned that it'will engagewith the top of the cigarette. rod and guide it as it passes through the tipping machine. Secured to the plate 33 is a knife 37, with its cutting edge downward, and on the block 29 is carried a second knife 38 opposite to knife 37, so arranged that their cutting edges will pass in close proximity and sever whatever is passed between them.

Extending upwardly from the base plate 2 is a vertical support 39, which supports the plate 40 for the purpose of feeding and cuttinfr the cork strip 41. Plate'40 is provided with an aperture 42. There is also a vertical support 43 connected to and carried by the base late 2 on which is j ournaled a roller 44, thel Latter engaging with the cork strip through the aperture 42 in the plate 40.` There is also journaled on the support 43, a second roller 45, which is placed directly above the roller 44 so that it will engage the cork strip so as to forni a close Contact between the two rollers. The roller 45 is scforined on its periphery as to enablel the paste to be applied to the cork stri as Well' as acting as a guide for the strip. s will be seen in F ig. 1, the periphery of the roller is provided with two grooves 46 in which the arms 47 secured to the plate 33 engage for the purpose of holding the roller in proper lateral relation to the cork strip. The paste cup 48 is also supported by the vertical stand 43, and supp 'es paste to the roller 45. The cork strip is fed on to the plate 40 w Iby an automatic feeding and controlling mechanism, which is actuated through the medium of the block 19, so that the several movements are controlled from the same place and act in unison. This feeding mechanism, which is the same as in my former patent, is constructed as follows:- The bracket 49 extending outwardly from the frame, has anl oscillating beam 50 pivoted thereto at the oint 51, and also hat; an upwardly exten ing arm 52, which'is provided with a swinging stirrup 58, and secured to the same pivotal point 51 is a movalrle` late' 54. The stirrup 53 and the plate\54 aving flat jaws 55 and 56, cause .the strip 41 to be gripped between them because of the swinging ot the stirrup oa the pin 57 at a dierent arc from the plate 54. The beam 50 isoscillated en its pivot by means of the connection through the bolt e 58 to the block 1-9, the slot 59 allowing for proper. movement of the holt 58, and causes @the strip to' be fed forwardly over the guide 'arm 60, and the roller 61 in the proper posin tion ou the plate 40. The u pcsite end of 66 the beam 5() is secured by a s ttad connes tion to the rod 62 by means of a bolt 63, which moves in a slot 64 and is in a curved position, so that its lower end is secured to a ratchet arrangement-lor actuating roller 45. This connection and its operation may be seen clearlyin Fig. 8. -The lower end of the rod 62 is provided with an arm 65 by means of a pin 66, which also moves in a slot 67, the arm 65 being ulcrumed on the axle of the roller 45. This arm65 carries a pawl68 which engages with a' ratchet 69, also secured 'on the axle of the 'roller 45,- Y so as to move therewith. The springA 79 contact with ratchet 69. As will be seen 'in engages with the pawl 68 so as to keep itin this igure, the normal position of the `pawl is about Vone-half along the length of one or" the teeth of the ratchet, for the purpose which will appearv hereafter. At each movement of the beam 50, the'rod 62 serves to rotate the roller 45, so as to trani` um the Paste uPGD the strip and also feed4 se'A the various tips which have been partially applied to the rod, will be partially folded upon the rodand will then pass into the second thimble 72, whichl isA also secured by a bracket 73, and is disposed in a reverse position to that of the. rst thimble. Beyond this is a revolving knife 74, turning upon its shaft and operated by a belt 76.

'Details of this cutting device, i do not claim, per se, in this case, r the reason' that it does not form a part of my invention,-

except with relation to the other arts.

The operation of my machine 'is'as fel'- lows: The revolutions oi the wheel 12 exert through thepin 18, the vertical movement u on the cam block 19, the latter being` A' a apted to respond only to the vertical movement, and the bed plates travel on the bed in a horizontal direction, which is permitted by thebloehs 14 and i8, so iat the machine moves bodily longitudine f, and the cam' block 1'9l moves vertically, and transmits motion througlr'the beam 5G .te the feeding mechanism carried above it, and also moves the nodA 62; and causes the roller 45 to rotate a portion of one revolution through the pawl and ratchet action, so that the strip 41 Will be fed from above by the stirrup action, and also carried along below between the two rollers 44 and 45, so that the end of the cork tipwill be fed across the top ci the block 29, suiicient to form a. tip oi proper dimensions to surround the cigarette ,red and allow for overlapping. WhenA this feeding is takingn place, the Apintle i 22 1 traveling in the vertical groove 20, and

as the feeding ceases, it then is directed by a slanting groove 21, so that theA lever 23 is thrown back upon its fulcrumytwus the portion of the strip which projects over it and bring it in partial contact with the cigarette rod-90; in doin so', the groove 92 in the block 29 causes t e tip to partially surround the cigarette rod so that it is Asufficiently adhered to it; While this action is takingplace, knives 37 and 38 are severing the end of the cork tip;` While this action is taking place, the concaveroller 35 guides the cigarette rod and supports it at the opposite side to the. .block 29. While this action is taking place, the tipping machine has been traveling substantially the length 4of two cigarettes;the tip is now partially applied and the tipping machine returns to its former position ready for a further application.

As explained heretofore, the pawl 68 does not lie right against one of the teeth of the ratchet in its normal position; the reason for this is that the operating levers should iirst cause the knives to sever the end of the strip before the pawlv acts upon the ratchet so that the roller 45 will not commence to feed a new portion of the strip until the iirst piece has been disposed of, as otherwise it would have the tendency to crowd the strip against the knives. -When this part of the mechanism has ceased 'as work, the rod passes on g as is shown in Irigl, and enters the first -folding A. thimble; as it enters this thimble 70', it first meets the projecting end 93, when the'spiral 94 will exert a curling tendency upon the yright free end of the tip until it passes to the .rear end of the thimble. vAt that time the end of the tip is brought down securely upon the cigarette rod and the adhesive will cause it to becomefsecure; it then passes on to the second thimble 72, which is similar to the iirst one, except that it is curved in the reverse direction.

the cigarette rod. As the tip is slightlyy larverthan the circumference of the ro the ends will be partially overlapped. From 4 this the rod passes on to the guide 87, when the knife 74 will come down andsever the rod in exactly the center of the tip after this the knife will return and sever therodat a point intermediate of the tip, because the ciglarettes are made in alternate positions, in grooved block for causing the stri to conot tact With the cigarette rodtipper is putting on one tip for two cie d er words, the knife cuts twice while lthe rettes. The strip is fed from a suitable ro 88 which is provided on a supportg.

cation of the tip to the rod.

'Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a cigarette machine, means for forming Aa cigarette rod and moving the same in the direction of its length and means interposed in' the path ofvthe cigarette rod for applying cork tips to the cigarette rod, after it comes from the former,

2. In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the ditransversely of the cigarette rod for applying tips vthereto after the rod comes from the former.

3. In a cigarette machine, means for forniin'g a cigarette rod and moving it in the di rection of its length and means interposed in 4,the path of the cigarette rod, traveling in the direction thereof, and adapted to apply tips to the rod While traveling with it.

4. In a 'cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the die rection of its length and means traveling in the direction of the cigarette rod and adapted to transversely apply a tip thereto while traveling with the rod.

rection of its len th and reciprocatin means adapted to trave in the direction of t e cigarette rod and adapted to attach a tip to the ro'while traveling in the direction of the ro' f 7. Iia cigarette machine, means for forming a ,cigarette'rod and moving it in the directionl of its length and means for feeding a tipping strip transversely of the cigarette rod, means for attaching the strip' transversely on the rod and means for cutting the strips. f

y 8. In a cigarette machine, means for forming acigarette rod and moving it in the directionof its length and' me ans for feeding a strip across the path of the cigarette rod, means for'bringing the strips in vcontact with the rod and means moving simultaneous ,fwith the last. means, for severing the tipping strips, and means for completing the appli- 9. 4In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means for feedin' a strip across the path of the cigarette ro' a means tor severh ing a tip from its strip an means for seaux' ing the ends of the tip on the rod.

10. In a cigarette machine, means for form- 75 rection of its lengthr and means o erating A ing a cigarette rod and moving it inthe direction of its length and means or feeding a strip -across the path of the cigarette rod, means for causing a' tip to contact With the rod, said last means moving in the direction of the rod While acting on the ti and means interposed in the path of the ro forsecuring the ends of the tips to the rod.

' 1 1. In a cigarette machine, means for form# ing a cigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means interposed' in the path of the cigarette rod, for feeding a cork Web'and means forsevering and secring the cork Web to ,the cigarette rodat intervals.

ing a lcigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means interposed in the path of the cigarette rod and adapted to feed a cork Web intermittently, means f or severing 'the cork web and means for securing the i cork tip to the cigarette rod.-

l severing the web and seeming the tip to the 13. In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means for feeding a cork web to the cigarette rod, means for applying paste to the said web, and means for cigarette rod.

14. In a=cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means for feeding a web to the cigarette rod, a rolleradapted to apply paste thereto, and means for severing the Web and applying the ti to the cigarette rod.

15. In a cigarette mac 'ne, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the direction of its length and means for feeding a stri to the cigarette rod, a grooved block under the cigarette rod for causing the strip to contact with the cigarette rod, a concave roller above the cigarette rod, and means for severing a tip from the strip and securing it vto the rod.

16. In a cigarette machine, means Jfor form- 12. In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving itin thefdirection of its length and means for-feeding a strip to the cigarette rod, means for severm the strip and applying the ti to the rod, an means interposed in lthe pat of the rod for securing the free ends of the tips to the rod.

1-7 In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette rod and moving it in the direcf tion of its length-and means for feeding a strip'to the cigarette rod, means for Severin the strip and applying the tip to the rod, an means interposed lin the ath of the 'rod Jfor securing the Jfree ends of ghe tip to the rod soy that they overlap.

18. In a cigarette machine, means for forming a cigarette r and moving it inthe direction of its length tip tothe cigarette rod and means or securing the free ends of the tip to the rod com prising spirally disposed members through which the cigarette rod passes.

19. In a cigarette machine, means for form ing a cigarette rod and moving itin the direc'- tion ,of its length and means for a plying a tip to the cigarette rod and means?, ing the free ends of the tip to therodcomprising members having rever's`ely' Ucurv'ed land means `for ya plyinga spirals which are adapted to bring the ends of the tip in contact with thejrod.

20. In a cigarette machine, means for orming a cigarette rod and moving'itin the direction of its length and mean strip to the clgarette rod, a Bio v ARTHUR L. BOUCHER.'

Witnesses:

DAN. W. HEMMING, GUsTAvE J. Anci-wow.

rlfeednA 'i g a y .adapte to `bring the striplin contact with thje" rod, means.

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